I came across this book on a recent trip to Quebec but couldn't justify paying the marked-up/exchange rated/credit card fee-inducing price, so now that I'm stateside again I can't wait to get my hands on it, and just in time for Halloween, too. Katherine Howe is a descent of no fewer than three accused Salem witches, in addition to being a talented and prolific author who has already published a popular YA book (an adaptation of The Crucible set in a Massachusetts private school) and several novels. This anthology includes a variety of primary source writing on witches and witchcraft and functions as a historical treasury for those interested in the history of witchcraft (or I should say, the accusations of witchcraft; this book doesn't explain how to do spells and whatnot). Follow it up by watching 'Hocus Pocus' and 'The Craft' and celebrate a Feminist Halloween this year.

Roxane Gay wrote an excellent piece on the feminist novel. She has been battling haters on Twitter all week long, so read and enjoy and send positive vibes.

UCLA has made Susan Sontag's entire digital archive available online, including the entire contents of her Mac Book and her e-mail account. She was on Sephora's customer listserv, so there's that. I am going to waste so many hours on this.

Karen Russell's short story collection St. Lucy's Home For Girls Raised by Wolves is going to be adapted by ABC into a tv show. Obviously it will focus on the titular story. Perhaps this will finally give me the motivation I need to read the book.

Earlier this week I posted on Katherine Howe's new book The Penguin Book of Witches, and she did an interview with The Toast that you might enjoy if you're interested in the book.